6 affordable, high-speed trains in India today

Travelling in trains in India is no more a mundane affair for the common man. At a budget price, even general category passengers can avail premium facilities that were quite a distant dream till a few years ago. As we enter a new age, we take a look at the special trains that have been added by the Indian Railways to its existing fleet in recent times.

Vande Bharat Express

Train 18 or the Vande Bharat Express has given a new facelift to travelling in the Indian railways ever since it came on tracks in 2018. The train takes merely eight hours to run from New Delhi to Varanasi. It has an array of impressive facilities like bio-toilets, automatic doors, Wi-Fi, premium on-board food, and GPS-based audio-visual passenger information system.

Humsafar Express

Long journeys and overnight trips onboard trains are now a breeze for the common man in India, thanks to the Humsafar Express, a 3-AC train fitted with 22 coaches and several features. It has GPS-based passenger information system, comfortable berths, LED lights, CCTV cameras, tea/coffee/soup vending machines, bio-toilets etc. Thankfully, train passengers in India will get Humsafar Express on many other routes.

Antyodaya Express

The Antyodaya Express was meant to provide a better train travel experience to unreserved category passengers. The train has 20 general coaches and 2 power cars. The train also has LED lights, water purifiers, mobile and laptop charging points, bio-toilets, fire extinguishers with an anti-theft arrangement and more. As in the case of Humsafar Express, more Antyodaya Express train services might be launched in 2019.

Deen Dayalu coaches

The objective of Deen Dayalu coaches was to offer an improved travel experience to general category passengers who are from the lower and middle-income groups. These trains are equipped with several facilities like mobile charging points, comfortable seats, filtered drinking water, bio-toilets and so on.

Tejas Express

Flagged off in 2017 from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai to Karmali in Goa, Tejas Express reaches its destination in 8 hours and 30 minutes. The second Tejas Express started running between Chennai Egmore and Madurai Junction in early 2019. There is another Tejas Express, expected to ply between Delhi and Chandigarh. Like any high-speed modern train being run on the railway tracks today, it provides modern amenities including delicious on-board meals.

UDAY Express

The UDAY Express or Utkrisht Double Decker Air-Conditioned Yatri Express are double-decker, AC chair car trains introduced by the railways to run between Coimbatore Junction and Bangalore. The train coaches have been marketed as a luxury train for business class travellers. UDAY Express has been made to serve the "busiest routes" with an additional carrying capacity of 40 per cent. There are 120 seats per coach in UDAY Express trains as compared to 78 in Shatabdi Express.

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6 affordable, high-speed trains in India today

​Travelling in trains in India is no more a mundane affair for the common man. At a budget price, even general category passengers can avail premium facilities that were quite a distant dream till a f...